Tuscumbia Landing

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Title

Tuscumbia Landing

Subject

Colbert County, Alabama; Tuscumbia, Alabama; Tuscumbia Landing; Native American History

Description

During Indian Removal, Tuscumbia’s Landing served as the point of disembarkation for the water route used to move Native Americans west of the Mississippi. The train to Tuscumbia brought the Cherokee Nation to Spring Park, where they were held before being shipped on boats along the Tennessee River. Tuscumbia Landing still holds significance to the descendants of the Native Americans. Every year during the Oka Kapassa festival Native Americans make the two-mile journey from Spring Park to Tuscumbia Landing to signify the road their ancestors traveled during the Trail of Tears.

Creator

Sam Keiser, University of North Alabama

Source

Gail King, Historic Document Research, Geophysical Survey, Mapping, and Archaeological Inventory at Tuscumbia Landing, A Trail of Tears National Historic Trail site in Colbert County, Alabama (Aug 2011) pg. 101-143

Publisher

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

Date

December 1, 2015